Sediment, Soil and Environment Linkages in the Yellow River Delta: A Search for Sustainable Sediment Resource Management

Abstract

As an important component in the balanced development strategy of all regions in China, the Yellow River Delta is of strategic importance in the coastal economic layout. With the two cities of Binzhou and Dongying in the Yellow River Delta as the study region, the ecological environment characteristic of the Yellow River Delta area, sediment, soil and environment linkages, the reason of regional sediment problem from the Yellow River, the present situation of sediment application management and the existing problems were selectively analyzed in this article with the method combining data collection, field investigation, field experiment and theoretical analysis and research. The sustainable sediment resource management strategy of the Yellow River Delta was proposed in this research, which will provide the scientific basis for the realization of the development target of¡°effective resource application and improvement of ecologicalenvironment¡± in the effective ecological economic zone in the Yellow River Delta.